Interferon-γ contributes to the normalcy of murine pregnancy

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 493-502

  Ashkar, Ali A ^a   Croy, B Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; DECIDUA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL VIABILITY; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032780380     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.2.493     Document Type: Article

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